I might think you have assigned “The Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia for the first story of the course is to see if we have an opened mind. The overall story in my option explains that one person can change the way others think. Seeing someone that comes from a different place, looks different, or even thinks differently will have others wanting to learn more and be open to new things. In the story it stated, “It was then that they understood how unhappy he must have been with that huge body since it bothered him even after death.” Seeing someone that they have never might before, they empathize with him. towards the end of the story, it explained that they realized “everything would be different”. This story was assigned first because you wanted your students to understand the importance of empathy. One person can change a whole community to make then want to do better.
